Automatic machine for feeding, moistening, and cutting labels or stickers in fillet form.



No. 807,467. PATENTED DEC. 19, 1905.

J. D. HUMPHREY. AUTOMATIC MACHINE FOR FEEDING, MOISTENING, AND CUTTINGLABELS OR STICKERS IN FILLET FORM.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 24, 1904.

2 SEEETS-SHBBT l No. 807,467. PATENTED DEC. 19,1905.

J. D. HUMPHREY.

AUTOMATIC MACHINE FOR FEEDING, MOISTENING, AND CUTTING LABELS ORSTICKERS IN FILLET FORM.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 24.1904.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

IIII HI UNITED. sTArEs PATENT OFFTOE.

JAMES D. HUMPHREY, OF TOWANDA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNEASSlGNMENTS, TO CHARLES T. FOX, OF PHILADELPHIA,

PENNSYLVANIA.

AUTOMATIC MACHINE FOR FEEDING, MOISTENING, AND CUTTING LABELS 0RSTICKERS IN FILLET FORM.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 19, 1905.

the following is a specification.

My invention has relation to an automatic machine for feeding,moistening, and cutting a label or sticker in the form of a fillet ofpaper or the like; and in such connection the invention relates to theconstruction and ar rangement of such a machine for the perform- I anceof the different operations for the said purposes.

The nature, scope, and characteristic features of my invention will bemore fully understood from the following description, taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof, inwhich- Figure 1 is a view in side elevation and in section of a machineembodying main features of my invention. Fig. 2 is a side view of themachine. Fig. 3 is a top or plan view thereof. Fig. 4 is a view in frontelevation of the machine, partly sectioned, showing the shear cutter andthe means for feeding the fillet toward the cutter of the machine. Fig.5 is a front elevational view, enlarged, in detail of the feed-wheel forthe fillet of paper and also the moistening device therefor. Fig. 6 is aview in side elevation and in vertical central section of the feed-wheelfor the fillet and liquid-tank and moistener and Fig 7 is across-sectional view of a certain portion of the base of the machine,illustrating an opening therein for the reception and support of thefillet.

. Referring to the drawings, a is the base or support for the machine,provided with standards a for supporting a reel a upon which is adaptedto be wound paper or other material a in fillet form. Adjacent to saidreel a and secured to the base a by brackets a is arranged a guide a"consisting of grooved or channeled strips a and 07, preferably united toeach other by bridge-pieces a and held by the brackets a within a slot garranged in the base a, opposite the contracted portion g of the slot 9as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, for a purpose to be hereinafter more fullydescribed. The said guide a is adapted to receive the fillet of paper orother suitable material and to guide the same over a moistening deviceI), located underneath a feeding device 0 and between a cutter d.Preferably intermediate of the ends of the guide a and engaging a spacebetween the strips a and a is arranged a roller I), mounted within themoistening device I), over which said fillet passes to be moistened. Theunder side of the fillet 0, adjacent to the roller 1) is provided with acoating or layer of gummy or sticky material a.

The feeding devicec consists of, preferably,

a rubber wheel or roller supported on a shaft 0. This shaft 0 isournaled in standards or brackets c and 0 To one end of the shaft 0 issecured a ratchet-wheel c, engaged by a spring-controlled pawl 0 Thispawl is secured to a gear-wheel c, loosely mounted on the shaft 0. Asector 0 under the tension of a spring 0 is pivotally secured to astandard 0 and when actuated, for instance, by an arm j, operated bymeans not shown, is adapted to rotate the gear-wheel c and by means ofthe spring-controlled pawl c is transmitted a movement to theratchet-wheel c, and by the same the shaft 0 and feedwheel 0 are rotatedto cause the said wheel to feed the fillet a over the moistening-rollerb in the device I) for a distance dependent upon the movement of thesector 0 in one direction.

The moistening device 1) consists, preferably, of a trough or receptacleformed in the present instance by the standards 0 and c and side pieces0 and 0 The trough or receptacle .thus formed is provided with a slottedcap 0 as a cover and through the slot of which cover the roller 1) isafforded its rotary movement. In the trough is placed spongy, fibrous,or absorbent material c, adapted to contain a liquid, such as water orthe like. This absorbent material supplies the moisture to the roller1), which applies the same to the gummed or sticky coating or layer (1of the fillet a of paper or other ma terial, conducted over the roller 6by means of the feeding device 0 and therefrom in the direction of thecutter d. The liquid is supplied to the absorbent material 0 in thereceptacle b by means of an elevated tank leading thereto, by means of apipe connec tion 0 as clearly illustrated in Figs. and 6. The tank 0 isclosed by a removable cap 0 provided with an opening 0 which in theoperative position of the cap registers with an opening 0 of the tank 0Said openings when in communication permit of the entrance of air intothe tank and also form the means of regulating the fiow of the fluidfrom the tank 0 to the moistening device I). 4 The fillet if, thecoating or layer a of which is thus moistened, is conducted, by means ofthe guide a into the opening 9* of the base a between a shear-cuttingdevice (1, partially passing through the opening 9 which in the presentinstance consists of two arms (1 and d provided with projectingcutter-blades d and (i The arms (1 and preferably consist of a singlepiece of spring-steel secured to the base a of the machine, asillustrated in Fig. 4. These arms may be moved toward each other by anysuitable mechanism-for instance, by spring-controlled pivotal tongs dand d, which may be actuated to sever the fillet by two bolts d and dcarried by a bracket (1, actuated by means not shown. The feed-Wheel cshifts the fillet a into the contracted portion 9 of the slot 9 as willbe readily understood in conjunction with Fig. 1 of the drawings. Thewalls of the base a adjacent to the slot 9 are provided with grooves g,which in the same manner as the guide a support the moistened portion ofthe fillet a by engaging the same at its edges only, as shown. in Figs.3 and 7. Beneath the base a and opposite the slot extension 9 may beplaced the article it, upon which the cut portion of the fillet, havingbeen severed from the remaining fillet by'the cutting device d, isapplied by means not shown.

Having thus described my invention in general and one mode of operationof the same, what I clainr as new, and desire to secure by LettersPatent, is

1. In a machine of the character de scribed, a base having an openingwith grooved walls, a guide for receiving and sup porting a fillet atits edges to expose the upper and under side thereof and adapted to feedthe fillet into said opening, a coacting feed-roller andmoistening-roller for engaging the fillet at opposite sides within theguide to feed and moisten the fillet inits passage through the guide andprior to its introduction into said opening, and means adapted to permitof the severing of said fillet.

2. In a machine of the character described, means for guiding andfeeding a fillet, and a cutting device consisting of springarms withprojections having cutting-surfaces.

3. In a machine of the character described, means for guiding, feedingand moisand means for engaging and moistening the fillet within theguide to moisten the same prior to its introduction by the guide intothe opening.

5. In a machine of the character described, a base having an openingwith partially-grooved walls, a guide for engaging a fillet at its edgesand terminating in the opening and held in alinement with the groovedwalls thereof, cutting means partially passing through said opening andinterposed between the guide and grooved portion of the opening, andmeans for moistening the fillet and for feeding the same through theguide and cutting means and into the grooved walls of the opening.

6. In a machine of the character described, a guide for engaging afillet at its edges and portions adjacent thereto, a base having anopening forming the continuation of the guide, cutting means interposedbetween the guide and opening, means for moistening the fillet, andmeans for feeding the same through the cutting means and into theopening, certain of the walls forming said opening supporting thefillet.

7. In a machine of the character de scribed, grooved strips for engaginga fillet at its edges, a base having an elongated opening withpartially-grooved walls to form the continuation of the strips, cuttingmeans interposed between the strips and the grooved walls of theopening, rollers for moistening the fillet and for feeding the samethrough the cutting means and into the grooved walls of the opening tosupport the portion of the fillet severed by the cutting means.

8. In a machine of the character described, a base having an elongatedopening, a reel for supporting a fillet, a curved guide formed ofgrooved strips interposed between the reel and terminating in theopening for guiding the fillet into a portion of the opening, cuttingmeans partially passing through the opening for severing the portion ofthe fillet fed into the opening, a feed-roller, and means for moisteningthe fillet, in combination with a fluid-receptacle and a pipe forconducting the fluid to said moistening means.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my signature in the presence oftwo subscribing Witnesses.

JAMES D. HUMPHREY.

Witnesses:

Jos. G. PRATT, I. B. HUMPHREY.

